#0302 · Hoenn · Generation 3

Sableye

Darkness Pokémon · Dark/Ghost-type

Sableye is a Dark/Ghost-type Pokémon, the Darkness Pokémon, number 302 (#0302) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 0.5 m tall and weighs 11 kg.

Sableye is a Dark and Ghost type known as the Darkness Pokémon, and it lives on gemstones, with real gems for eyes. The Pokédex says people fear that its sinister glow means it is stealing spirits.

How to pronounce Sableye

Sableye is pronounced SAY-bul-eye. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Sableye said out loud:

In Japanese it is ヤミラミ (Yamirami).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Sableye is a dark purple biped, 0.5 m tall and 11 kg, with sharp teeth and claws that dig through soil. Its pale blue eyes are gemstones, and it has a red gem on its chest and more on its back. The Pokédex says substances from the rocks and gems it eats rise to its skin and crystallise, forming patterns that differ from one Sableye to the next.

Behaviour

Sableye is a quiet cave-dweller that lurks in the dark and is seen only rarely. It digs branching tunnels with its claws, and the Pokédex says Carbink is its favourite food, though Gabite usually grabs them first. Its gleaming eyes are why people fear it.

Habitat

The Pokédex lists Sableye as a cave Pokémon. In Scarlet and Violet it is found across Paldea, in places such as Alfornada Cavern and Dalizapa Passage, and in Tera Raids. In Legends: Z-A it appears in Wild Zones 9 and 20, and also in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

Diet

Sableye eats gemstones and the rocks that hold them, and the Pokédex says this diet has turned its eyes into jewels.

Powers

Sableye's Abilities are Keen Eye, which stops its accuracy being lowered, Stall, which makes it move last, and the hidden Prankster, which lets status moves go first. It strikes with Shadow Claw, Shadow Sneak, Foul Play and Knock Off, and can cast Will-O-Wisp. With Sablenite it Mega Evolves: the chest gem rips out and grows huge, and Mega Sableye hides behind it, using Magic Bounce, with 125 base Defense but only 20 Speed. The Pokédex says the gem turns back any attack, though its weight leaves Sableye open from behind.

Name origin

Sableye may combine 'sable' (the heraldic colour or the animal) and 'eye', and may also play on 'able-eyed'. The Japanese name is Yamirami (ヤミラミ), which may blend yami ('darkness') with urami ('grudge') or nirami ('glare').

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia suggests Sableye may be based on the Hopkinsville Goblin, a figure from a reported alien encounter in Kentucky whose features include glowing eyes, short legs, clawed hands and a swaying walk. Its red, blue and green gems may nod to Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald, the games it first appeared in. These are fan readings.

In the games

Mega Sableye arrived in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. Sableye first appeared in Ruby and Sapphire, where it was exclusive to Sapphire, with Mawile as its counterpart in Ruby.

In the anime

Ult's Sableye, which can Mega Evolve, appeared in 'Eyes to the Skies Once Again (Part One)' and has been his main Pokémon in Horizons since. A Sableye that can Mega Evolve also appears in the ending segment of 'Mega Evolution Special II'.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia treats it and Mawile as counterparts: each totals 380 base stats, and they even give the same base experience.
• Bulbapedia says that before the Fairy type arrived in Generation VI, Sableye and Spiritomb had no weaknesses at all.
• It shares the Darkness Pokémon category with Murkrow and no one else.
• In the Ruby and Sapphire manga, Sableye is Gym Leader Brawly's only known Pokémon, an odd pick for a Fighting specialist because Fighting moves cannot hurt a Ghost type.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Sableye (Pokémon) · Serebii: Sableye (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 50
• Attack: 75
• Defense: 75
• Sp. Atk: 65
• Sp. Def: 65
• Speed: 50

Sableye’s base stat total is 380. Its highest stat is Attack and Defense.

Type matchups

What is Sableye weak to?

Sableye takes extra damage from Fairy (2×) moves.

It resists Poison (½×).

It is immune to Normal, Fighting, Psychic moves.

Evolution

Sableye does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Forms

• Mega Sableye (Mega): Dark/Ghost-type, base stat total 480 (HP 50, Attack 85, Defense 125, Sp. Atk 85, Sp. Def 115, Speed 20). Ability: Magic Bounce.

Abilities

• Keen Eye: Prevents accuracy from being lowered.
• Stall: Makes the Pokémon move last within its move's priority bracket.
• Prankster (hidden ability): Raises non-damaging moves' priority by one stage.

Moves

Moves Sableye learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (72)

Sableye can learn 72 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Protect, Low Kick, Psybeam, Confuse Ray, Thief, Facade, Aerial Ace, Hex, Snarl, Metal Claw, Icy Wind, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Low Sweep, Night Shade, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Dig, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Shadow Claw, Foul Play, Bulk Up, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Reflect, Light Screen, Dazzling Gleam, Metronome, Thunder Wave, Poison Jab, Rest, Taunt, Imprison, Dark Pulse, Skill Swap, Power Gem, Substitute, X-Scissor, Will-O-Wisp, Trick, Giga Drain, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball, Psychic, Encore, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Nasty Plot, Phantom Force, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Spite, Gravity, Gyro Ball, Knock Off, Focus Punch, Poltergeist, Lash Out, Pain Split, Psych Up, Skitter Smack, Throat Chop.

Egg moves (6):Feint, Flatter, Metal Burst, Recover, Sucker Punch, Torment.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Human-Like.
• Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 35.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Attack and 1 Defense effort values.
• Base experience yield: 133.

Pokédex entries

It feeds on gemstone crystals. In darkness, its eyes sparkle with the glitter of jewels. (FireRed, LeafGreen, Shield)

This Pokémon is feared. When its gemstone eyes begin to glow with a sinister shine, it's believed that Sableye will steal people's spirits away. (Moon, Sword)

Materials from gems it has eaten float to the surface of its body and can form an infinite number of patterns among individuals. (Ultra Moon)

It digs through the ground with its hard claws and crunches down gems with its thick pointy teeth. Carbink is its favorite food. (Ultra Sun)

It's a fiend for gemstones, so it stalks Carbink. Unfortunately, Gabite almost always grabs them first. (Sun)

Sableye digs the ground with sharpened claws to find rocks that it eats. Substances in the eaten rocks crystallize and rise up to the Pokémon's body surface. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Shortest Ghost type in Gen 3: 0.5 m.
• Lightest Dark type in Gen 3: 11 kg.
• Shortest Dark type in Gen 3: 0.5 m, shared with 1 other.
• Highest Sp. Def among Dark types in Gen 3: 65.
• Taller than 19% of all Pokémon (0.5 m).
• Heavier than 30% of all Pokémon (11 kg).
• Base stat total 380, ranked #662 of 1,025.
• One of 2 Pokémon that are both Dark and Ghost.
• One of 87 purple Pokémon.
• Number 51 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Can learn 88 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 10 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Sableye (Pokémon), Serebii: Sableye (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (SAY-bul-eye): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 19 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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